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Wednesday, 18 July 2001
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday 1 Conference Registration
Thursday, 19 July 2001
	7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Thursday Conference Registration
	9:00 AM-9:30 AM, Thursday Session Opening
9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks
	9:30 AM-12:30 PM, Thursday Session 1 Assimilation of Radar Data in Hydrologic Models—COST 717 & Others
Organizers: Michael Bruen, University College Dublin, Dublin Ireland; Susanne Mecklenburg, ETH, Zurich Switzerland
9:30 AM 1.1 Assessment of the usefullness of radar inputs to the type of distributed numerical models planned for catchment management in Ireland   M. P. Bruen, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; and G. Ahmed and K. Commins 10:00 AM 1.2 Towards an organisational and technical concept for the routine use of radar measurements in a hydrological service   Thomas Einfalt, einfalt&hydrotec GbR, Luebeck, Germany; and B. Maul-Koetter 10:15 AM 1.3 A distributed rainfall runoff model to use in Mediterranean basins with radar rainfall estimates   Carles Corral, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres and M. Berenguer 10:30 AM Coffee Break   11:00 AM 1.4 Grid-based rainfall-runoff model with radar data as an input (using satellite data and genetic algorithm)   Jan Szturc, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice, Poland; and A. Jurczyk and K. Osródka 11:15 AM 1.5 Assessment of radar in flood forecasting using hydrologic models   Jayson Innes, Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; and N. Kouwen 11:30 AM 1.6 Predictive uncertainty of watershed rainfall-runoff models using weather radar   Lynn E. Johnson, Univ. of Colorado, Denver, CO; and W. F. Roberts, B. E. Skahill, and S. O'Donnell 11:45 AM 1.7 Applying COTREC-derived rainfall forecasts to the rainfall-runoff model PDM—estimating error sources   Susanne Mecklenburg, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and V. A. Bell, D. S. Carrington, A. M. Cooper, R. J. Moore, and C. E. Pierce 12:00 PM 1.8 QIWI - a web-based flash flood monitoring tool   Jonathan J. Gourley, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. T. Arthur, J. Zhang, R. A. Maddox, K. W. Howard, and T. Vasquez 1.9 Improvements in the São Paulo Flood Warning System (SAISP)   Mario T. L. de Barros, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and A. Pisani, W. C. M. Amorim, I. F. Martinez, J. Boani, J. B. Mendes, and J. V. Assunção
	12:30 PM-12:45 PM, Thursday Poster Session Overview
	12:45 PM-2:00 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Poster Session 1 Radar Systems—Calibration & Basic Data Quality
Organizer: John C. Hubbert, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
P1.1 Comparison of Different Methods of End to End Calibration of the UK Weather Radar Network   A. Manz, Gematronik GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and A. H. Smith and P. J. Hardaker   P1.2 Boresight pointing calibration for the Chilbolton radar using galactic radio sources and satellite targets   Jon D. Eastment, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; and J. W. F. Goddard, G. J. Davies, D. N. Ladd, and K. J. Twort   P1.3 Improvement of polarimetric radar calibration for atmospheric radars   D. N. Moisseev, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and C. M. H. Unal, H. W. J. Russchenberg, and L. P. Ligthart   P1.4 A method for monitoring the calibration and pointing accuracy of a radar network   Asko J. Huuskonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland   P1.5 Near-field Correction for Meteorlogical Radars   Stephen M. Sekelsky, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA   P1.6 How well can a Profiler be Calibrated using a Disdrometer?   Kenneth S. Gage, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Carter, W. L. Clark, W. L. Ecklund, C. R. Williams, P. E. Johnston, and A. Tokay   P1.7 Noise Correction of Polarimetric Radar Measurements   M. Seminario, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and K. Gojara and V. Chandrasekar   P1.8 Measured variances of Zdr, phidp, and rhohv from simultaneous H and V transmissions   Paul Krehbiel, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and R. Scott and D. Shown   P1.9 Estimation of Polarization Errors from Covariance Matrices of CSU-CHILL Radar Data   J. C. Hubbert, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi   P1.10 Comparison and Analysis of CSU-CHILL and S-POL Radar Data during STEPS   V. N. Bringi, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. C. Hubbert
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Poster Session 2 Radar Systems -- Data Management
Organizer: Theodor C. Mammen, DWD, Hamburg Germany
P2.1 Lossless Coding and Compression of Radar Reflectivity Data   V. Lakshmanan, NOAA/NSSL and Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK   P2.2 Segmenting Radar Reflectivity Data using Texture   V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Rabin and V. DeBrunner   P2.3 A Real Time Visualization, Analysis And Management Toolkit For Multi-Parameter, Multi-Static Weather Radar Data   Matthias Toussaint, GAMIC mbH, Aachen, Germany; and M. Malkomes, M. Hagen, H. Höller, and P. Meischner   P2.4 CSU-CHILL operation over the internet: Virtual CSU-CHILL   V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. Brunkow and A. P. Jayasumana   P2.5 Management of data for the NCAR S-band polarimetric radar   Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hurst, R. A. Oye, and S. Ellis   P2.6 Design of an S-Pol spectral processing data system   Eric Loew, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Randall, R. J. Keeler, and J. H. VanAndal   P2.7 A revised signal processing scheme for Met Office incoherent weather radar   Jacqueline Sugier, UK Met Office, Wokingham, United Kingdom; and E. J. Archibald   P2.8 A Review of Operational Weather Radar Networking in Germany—Products and Applications   Klaus-Jürgen Schreiber, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach/Main, Germany   P2.9 Quality Management for Radar Products On-Site in the DWD-Radar Network   Theodor C. Mammen, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hamburg, Germany   P2.10 Status and Future Direction of Operational Radar Application at KNMI   Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and H. Wessels, R. van Westrhenen, and H. Beekhuis   P2.11 VIPOS (Vaal Dam Integrated Precipitation Observing System)—Using radar and gauges for rainfall estimation over an important catchment in South Africa   Deon E. Terblanche, METSYS, Weather Bureau, Bethlehem, South Africa; and M. P. Mittermaier and P. J. M. Visser   P2.12 Radar data collection considerations for the Cuban Weather Radar Network   Orlando L. Rodríguez, Meteorological Center of Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba; and M. A. Pérez, R. A. Naranjo, L. L. Fernández, A. A. Pena, and A. Barreiras   P2.13 Designing a Network of Weather Radars for the Central American Region   Edwin F. Campos, Instituto Meteorologico Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica; and A. Brenes P2.14 CASTOR2 : a new radar computer for the French Radar Network   Jacques Parent, Meteo France, Trappes, France; and L. Perier, K. do Khac, and P. Roquain   P2.15 The Distributed Radar Data Acquisition and Control System (DIRAC)—A new Generation of Multi-Controller Networks Running an Open Radar Control Software   Lothar Wörhoff, GEMATRONIK GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and S. Beyer and K. Mähner   P2.16 Multi-Sensor Intranet Solutions at Sofia and Kuweit International Airports   André Weipert, Gematronik GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and D. Ivanov
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Poster Session 3 Radar Systems—Recent Developments
Organizer: Sergey Y. Matrosov, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
P3.1 High-sensitivity, low-power meteorological radar achieved through coherent signal processing   G. J. Davies, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; and J. D. Eastment, J. W. F. Goddard, D. N. Ladd, and I. N. Moore   P3.2 General Purpose Weather Surveillance with the Airport Surveillance Radar 11 (ASR-11)   Paul E. Bieringer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. I. Ferris and M. E. Weber   P3.3 The DOW Mobile Multiple-Doppler Network   Joshua Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK   P3.4 An Inexpensive, Mobile, Rapid-Scan Radar   Joshua Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Randall   P3.5 NOAA/ETL's Polarization-Upgraded X-band "Hydro" Radar   Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Clark, S. Y. Matrosov, W. C. Campbell, and J. S. Gibson   P3.6 Development of a multiparameter radar system on mobile platform   Koyuru Iwanami, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and R. Misumi, M. Maki, T. Wakayama, K. Hata, and S. Watanabe   P3.7 Estimation of Liquid Water Contents by the Dual-frequency Cloud Radar   Toshio Wakayama, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan; and T. Fujisaka, K. Hata, S. Watanabe, K. Iwanami, R. Misumi, and M. Maki
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Poster Session 4 Radar Systems—Profilers & Bistatic Networks
Organizer: Silvester Heijnen, Delft University of Technology, Delft Netherlands
P4.1 The SOUSY Svalbard Radar and its Contributins to Study Polar Meteorology   J. Roettger, Max-Planck-Institute for Aeronomy, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; and G. Schmidt, R. Rüster, P. Czechowsky, J. Klostermeyer, J. Trautner, I. Pardowitz, K. D. Preschel, M. Bruns, and G. Monecke   P4.2 The Australian Bureau of Meteorology 1280 MHz wind profiler   P. T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and F. Cummings, J. Koutsovasilis, R. Jones, and D. Shaw   P4.3 A COTS Radar Profiler for Cruise Ships   K. R. Peterman, URS Radian Corporation, Austin, TX; and J. Neuschaefer and B. Albrecht   P4.4 RHI observation of precipitation with boundary layer wind profiler   Ahoro Adachi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Kobayashi   P4.5 3-D Wind measurements with the S-band atmospheric profiler TARA   S. H. Heijnen, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. Klein Baltink, W. F. van der Zwan, and H. W. J. Russchenberg   P4.6 Millimeter wavelength radars in Meteorology   Roger Lhermitte, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Kollias and B. Albrecht   P4.7 First Results from a Semiconductor Based 94-GHz FM-CW Doppler Radar Cloud Profiler   Dirk Klugmann, Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany   P4.8 Monte Carlo simulations of randomly distributed falling raindrops: Properties of drop size spectra as measured by a vertically pointing FM-CW Doppler Radar   Ulrich Blahak, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and K. D. Beheng   P4.9 Bistatic Radar Networks   Joshua Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Randall and C. Burghart   P4.10 Wind vector field determination with bistatic multiple-Doppler radar network   Katja Friedrich, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen   P4.11 The Influence of finite resolution of an azimuth angle and range on synthesized 2-dimensional horizontal velocity in a bistatic doppler radar system   Yoshimasa Takaya, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and N. Masahisa   P4.12 Accuracy of Wind Fields in Convective and Stratiform Echoes Observed by a Bistatic Doppler Radar Network   Shinsuke Satoh, Communications Research Laboratory, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and J. Wurman
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday Session 2A Tropical Cyclones (Parallel with Session 2B)
Organizers: Ben Jong-Dao Jou, National Taiwan University, Taipei Taiwan; Brian E. Mapes, NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 2A.1 Studies of Tropical Cyclone Vorticity Dynamics using airborne Doppler-derived wind fields   Paul D. Reasor, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. T. Montgomery, F. D. Marks, and J. F. Gamache 2A.2 High-resolution dual-doppler analyses of the eyewall in an intense hurricane   Peter P. Dodge Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. L. Black, J. F. Gamache, and F. D. Marks 2A.3 The wind structure associated with convective features along the inner edge of the hurricane eyewall   Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and P. P. Dodge, J. F. Gamache, F. D. Marks, and J. L. Franklin 4:15 PM 2A.4 Estimating vertical velocity in a hurricane with single-dopplar radar data   Jin-Luen Lee, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee and A. E. MacDonald 4:28 PM 2A.5 Using a single-Doppler radar wind retrieval technique to examine structural changes in Hurricane Danny (1997)   Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and W. C. Lee, F. D. Marks, and P. Dodge 4:43 PM 2A.6 Observation of Hurricane Georges with a VHF wind profiler and The San Juan NexRad radar over Puerto Rico   Edwin F. Campos, Instituto Meteorologico Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica; and M. Petitdidier and C. Ulbrich 4:58 PM 2A.7 Typhoons observed by the radar network of Taiwan in 1996-2000   Ben Jong-Dao Jou, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan 5:13 PM 2A.8 Orographic effects on typhoon Herb (1996)   Tai-Chi Chen Wang, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and J. H. Teng and Y. F. Sun
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday Session 2B Algorithms—Microphysical Retrieval & Particle Typing I (Parallel with Session 2A)
Organizers: Jothiram Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, PQ Canada
4:00 PM 2B.1 Multi-frequency radar estimation of cloud and precipitation properties using an artificial neural network   Andrew L. Pazmany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and J. B. Mead, S. M. Sekelsky, D. J. McLaughlin, and H. B. Bluestein 4:15 PM 2B.2 Analysis of a Dual-Wavelength Radar Technique for Estimating Liquid Water Content and Droplet Size   J. Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang and M. K. Politovich 4:30 PM 2B.3 Doppler radar signatures of in-flight icing conditions   Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada; and I. Zawadzki, C. Bell, and C. Coté 4:45 PM 2B.4 Microphysical characteristics of winter storms using ground-based polarimetric radars and aircraft observations   David Hudak, MSC, King City, ON, Canada; and I. Zawadzki, B. Currie, G. A. Isaac, and S. G. Cober 5:00 PM 2B.5 Target identification by dual-polarization radar in an operational environment   Isztar Zawadzki, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada; and A. Bellon, C. Coté, and F. Fabry 5:15 PM 2B.6 In-Situ Verification of Remote Aircraft Icing Detection Using S-Band Polarization Radar Measurements   S. M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, S. Goeke, E. A. Brandes, J. Stith, and R. J. Keeler 5:30 PM 2B.7 In Situ Verfication of Polarimetric Radar-Based Hydrometeor Types   Sabine Goeke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Ellis and J. Vivekanandan 5:45 PM 2B.8 Comparison of aircraft cloud microphysics observations with particle classifications from polarimetric radar   Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. S. Gonguez and D. V. Kliche
	6:00 PM, Thursday Sessions end for the day
	6:30 PM, Thursday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Friday, 20 July 2001
	7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Friday Exhibit Hours
	8:30 AM-9:00 AM, Friday Session 3 Invited Presentation I
Organizer: Peter Meischner, DLR, Wessling Germany
8:30 AM 3.1 Summary of the Radar Calibration Workshop   Paul I. Joe, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. L. Smith
	9:00 AM-12:30 PM, Friday Session 4 Assimilation of Radar Data in Atmospheric Models—COST 717 & Others
Organizers: Andrea Rossa, MeteoSwiss, Zurich Switzerland; Alan Shapiro, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
9:00 AM 4.1 Use of Radar Information for Assimilation into Atmospheric Models: a Review, part I: pre-processing of Radar Data   Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and P. P. Alberoni 9:15 AM 4.2 Use of radar information for assimilation into atmospheric models: a review—part II: assimilation of radar data   Andrea M. Rossa, MeteoSwiss, Zurich, Switzerland; and V. Ducrocq, G. Gregoric, G. Haase, M. Lindskog, B. Macpherson, and M. Nuret 9:30 AM 4.3 Simulation of Weather Radar Products for Verification of Model Precipitation   Dirk Meetschen, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and G. Haase, S. Crewell, A. van Lammeren, and C. Simmer 9:45 AM 4.4 Initialization of mesoscale models using radar data   Günther Haase, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and C. Simmer 10:00 AM 4.5 Diagnostics of deep convection using radar data and mesoscale numerical model   Gregor Gregoric, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 10:15 AM 4.6 Diagnosing Z-R relations using NWP   Daniel B. Michelson, SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden 10:30 AM Coffee Break   10:31 AM Exhibit Hours 10:30–11:30 A.M.   11:00 AM 4.7 Data Assimilation and Problems in the Quality Control of Doppler Winds   Juhani Rinne, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and C. Fortelius 11:15 AM 4.8 Assimilation of radar wind data in the HIRLAM 3D-Var   Magnus Lindskog, SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden; and D. Michelson and H. Järvinen 11:30 AM 4.9 Short Term Forecasting of Snowbands Using Radar Data and 4DVAR Assimilation   Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, J. Sun, and R. Rasmussen 11:45 AM 4.10 Assimilation and Forecasting of a Supercell Storm: Simulated and Observed Data Experiments   Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook and J. Miller 12:00 PM 4.11 Thermodynamic Retrieval experiments with a 2-D model   David C. Dowell, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker and A. Shapiro 12:15 PM 4.12 Single-Doppler velocity retrievals with rapid-scan radar data   Alan Shapiro, CAPS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Robinson and J. Wurman
	12:30 PM-12:45 PM, Friday Poster Session Overview
	12:45 PM-2:00 PM, Friday Lunch Break
	2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Friday Exhibit Hours
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Friday Poster Session 5 New or Alternative Concepts & Methods
Organizer: Alexander Praskovsky, NCAR, Boulder, CO
P5.1 Using radars as radiometers: promises and pitfalls   Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada   P5.2 Concept and Design for a Pilot Demonstration Ground-based Remote Icing Detection System   Roger F. Reinking, NOAA/OAR/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Kropfli, S. Y. Matrosov, W. C. Campbell, M. J. Post, D. A. Hazen, J. S. Gibson, K. P. Moran, and B. E. Martner   P5.3 Phased array weather radar—benefits and challenges   Richard J. Doviak, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and A. Shapiro   P5.4 Linearity and Dynamic Range of a Digital Receiver   Frank Gekat, Gematronik GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and S. Beyer, D. Rühl, and A. Manz   P5.5 Digital Waveform Generator for Weather Radars   Robert Lee, Lassen Research, Manton, CA; and A. Volpi, J. Borgmann, and F. Gekat   P5.6 Pulse-pair Doppler operation on a spaceborne cloud-profiling radar   Satoru Kobayashi, Communications Research Laboratories, Kashima, Japan; and H. Kumagai and H. Kuroiwa   P5.7 Feasibility of High Altitude Platforms for weather radar   Robert J. Watson, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom   P5.8 A "venitian blind" polarization grid reflector lens for dual-beam 95-GHz airborne radar measurements   Andrew L. Pazmany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. Haimov, D. Leon, R. D. Kelly, and G. Vali   P5.9 A new radar method for detection of parameters of clouds and precipitation   Iouri F. Kouznetsov, High-Mountain Geophysical Institute, Nalchik, Russia   P5.10 Theory of the local structure of a field of received signals   Alexander A. Praskovsky, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. A. Praskovskaya   P5.11 UCAR-STARS: an altenative method for measuring characteristics of scatterers by spaced receiver remote sensors   Eleanor A. Praskovskaya, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. A. Praskovsky   P5.12 Doppler radar signatures of migrating birds   Roberto Nebuloni, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; and C. Capsoni   P5.13 Observations of Volcanic Ashes with a 3-cm Polarimetric Radar   Masayuki Maki, NIED, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Iwanami, R. Misumi, R. J. Doviak, T. Wakayama, K. Hata, and S. Watanabe
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Friday Poster Session 6 Nowcasting
Organizer: Christopher W. Porter, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
P6.1 The Doppler Weather Radar Nowcasting Tool GSF, Application at the European Spaceport for the Support of ARIANE 4 / 5 Rocket Launches   Matthias Toussaint, GAMIC mbH, Aachen, NRW, Germany; and M. Malkomes, I. Donet, and A. Carlier   P6.2 Short-term (0-2hr) Automated Growth Forecast of Multi-Cellular Convective Systems associated with Large-scale, Daytime Forcing   Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Meganhardt   P6.3 Next steps in automated thunderstorm nowcasting: improving performance and forecasting storm severity   Rita D. Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Burgess and M. Meister   P6.4 A short-term lightning potential forecasting method   Thomas R. Saxen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller   P6.5 Benefits and problems of integrated operational use of radar and other observational data in thunderstorm situations   Matthias Jaeneke, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Langen, Germany   P6.6 Evaluation of ARPS and GDST 1-6 Hour Forecasts   Christopher W. Porter, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. M. Kemp, J. M. Janish, and D. E. Jahn   P6.7 Cell Tracking and Warning Indicators derived from Operational Radar Products   P. Lang, German Meteorological Service, DWD, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany   P6.8 Using of neural network to precipitation nowcasting based on weather radar data   Katarzyna Oœródka, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice, Poland; and A. Jurczyk and J. Szturc   P6.9 Severe Storm Signatures Observed by Doppler Radar in the State of São Paulo, Brazil: From Synoptic Scale to Microburst   Gerhard Held, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and A. M. Gomes and L. F. Nachtigall   P6.10 A radar comparison between severe and efficient thunderstorms in north-east of iberian peninsula   Ramon Pascual Berghaenel, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Barcelona, Spain   P6.11 Tropical-like heavy convective rains over the Spanish Mediterranean regions: a radar-based perspective   Francisco Martin Leon, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Madrid, Spain; and O. Carretero Porris   P6.12 Nowcasting hurricane properties by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of Doppler velocity data   Paul R. Harasti, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. List   P6.13 Thunderstorm Nowcasting in an Oceanic Environment: A Feasibility Study   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts, M. Chapman, M. Meister, and T. Tsui
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Friday Poster Session 7 Algorithms—Data Quality
Organizer: David B. Wolff, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD
P7.1 Combining C-band radars in Canada's upgraded weather radar network   Norman Donaldson, MSC, King City, ON, Canada   P7.2 An operational methodology to control radar measurements stability from mountain returns   Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and R. Sánchez-Diezma, M. A. Córdoba, R. Pascual, and I. Zawadzki   P7.3 Anomalous propagation effects on weather radar beam blockage corrections   Joan Bech, Catalan Meteorological Service, Barcelona, Spain; and B. Codina, J. Lorente, and D. Bebbington   P7.4 Weather radar anomalous propagation conditions at central region of Cuba. A descriptive study and possible ways to mitigate its undesirable effects   Albio Barreiras, Meteorological Center of Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba; and A. A. Peña, O. L. Rodríguez, R. A. Naranjo, M. A. Pérez, and L. L. Fernández   P7.5 An Improved Methodology for Ground Clutter Substitution Based on a Pre-Classification of Precipitation Types   Rafael Sánchez-Diezma, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, G. Delrieu, and I. Zawadzki   P7.6 Radar data quality control: Evaluation of several algorithms based on accumulated rainfall statistics   Michael Robinson, NASA/GSFC and George Mason University, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Steiner, D. B. Wolff, C. Kessinger, and R. A. Fulton   P7.7 Estimation of radio refractivity structure using radar clutter   L. Ted Rogers, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA; and P. Gerstoft and J. L. Krolik   P7.8 Correlation Technique for Navigation of Mobile Dual-Doppler Network Data   Pengfei Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Wurman, Y. Richardson, and M. Bryant   P7.9 Improved Procedure to Correct Airborne Doppler Radar Data   Brian Bosart, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and W. C. Lee and R. Wakimoto   P7.10 The production of high quality Doppler velocity fields for dual PRT weather   Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and P. I. Joe
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Friday Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Friday Session 5A Severe Weather—Supercells & Tornadoes (Parallel with Session 5B)
Organizers: James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Joshua M. Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
4:00 PM 5A.1 Dual-wavelength radar observation of a supercell hailstorm   L. Feral, ONERA/CERT, Toulouse, France; and H. Sauvageot and S. Soula 4:15 PM 5A.2 Observations in supercells with a mobile, 3-mm-wavelength Doppler radar   Howard B. Bluestein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. C. Weiss and A. L. Pazmany 5A.3 Yes, We do Have Tornadoes in Brazil—The December 10th Tornado in São Paulo, Brazil   Wando Celso Maugeri Amorim, Hydraulic Technologic Center Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil; and O. Massambani 4:30 PM 5A.4 Preliminary High-Resolution Dual-Doppler Analyses of Two Tornadic Thunderstorms   Yvette P. Richardson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell, J. M. Wurman, P. Zhang, and S. S. Weygandt 4:45 PM 5A.5 The Multiple Vortex Structure of a Tornado   Joshua M. Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 5:00 PM 5A.6 A Comparison of WSR-88D and DOW radar Observation of the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado   Donald Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Magsig, J. Wurman, D. Dowell, and Y. Richardson 5:15 PM 5A.7 Diagnosis of 3D Wind Structure of a Tornado Using VTD Analysis   Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman 5:30 PM 5A.8 Centrifuging of scatterers in tornadoes   David C. Dowell, NOAA/NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman and L. J. Wicker
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Friday Session 5B Signal Processing—Polarization & Doppler Techniques (Parallel with Session 5A)
Organizers: Peter S. Ray, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Alexander V. Ryzhkov, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
4:00 PM 5B.1 A geometric approach to characterizing and interpreting dual-polarization radar meteorological observations   Richard Scott, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and P. Krehbiel 4:15 PM 5B.2 The use of simultaneous horizontal and vertical transmissions for dual-polarization radar meteorological observations   Richard Scott, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and P. Krehbiel and W. Rison 4:30 PM 5B.3 Radar Doppler polarimetry applied to precipitation measurements: introduction of the spectral differential reflectivity   C. M. H. Unal, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and D. N. Moisseev, F. J. Yanovsky, and H. W. J. Russchenberg 4:45 PM 5B.4 Doppler and reflectivity measurements at two closely-spaced frequencies   Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Bidwell, L. Liao, G. Heymsfield, R. Rincon, and A. Tokay 5:00 PM 5B.5 Solving the Range-Doppler Dilemma with the SMPRF Pulse Code, practical Results from a real Radar   Juha Pirttilä, Invers Ltd, Sodankylä, Finland; and M. Lehtinen 5:15 PM 5B.6 Optimum processing in range to improve estimates of Doppler and polarimetric variables on weather radars   Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic 5:30 PM 5B.7 Quantitative Effects of Clutter Highpass Filtering as Used by DWD   Jörg E. E. Seltmann, German Meteorological Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany 5:45 PM 5B.8 Clutter Suppression Measurements that Accurately Evaluate A radar System's End-To-End Capability   James Larry Alford, Enterprise Electronics Corp., Enterprise, AL
	6:00 PM, Friday Sessions end for the day
	7:30 PM-10:00 PM, Friday Tribute to Roger Lhermitte (with Buffet Dinner)
Saturday, 21 July 2001
	7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Saturday Exhibit Hours
	8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Saturday Session 6 Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
Organizers: Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Eyal Amitai, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD
8:30 AM 6.1 Global distribution of extremely intense storms between 36 S and 36 N using evidence from the TRMM radar   David P. Yorty, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. J. Zipser and S. W. Nesbitt 9:00 AM 6.2 Precipitation Processes Derived from TRMM Satellite Data, Cloud Resolving Model and Field Campaigns   W. -K. Tao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Lang, J. Simpson, R. Meneghini, J. Halverson, R. Johnson, and R. Adler 9:15 AM 6.3 Retrieval of Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM Radar Data   Shinsuke Satoh, Communications Research Laboratory, Koganei, Japan; and A. Noda 6.4 Structure of Deep Convection During TRMM TEFLUN and LBA Campaigns Observed With Airborne and Ground-Based Polarization Radar   Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Tian, L. Belcher, and S. Bidwell 9:30 AM 6.5 Uncertainties in the rain profiling algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar   Toshio Iguchi, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Kozu and R. Meneghini 9:45 AM 6.6 On the role of drop size distribution in TRMM rain profiling algorithm   Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini, J. Kwiatkowski, E. Amitai, T. Kozu, T. Iguchi, C. Williams, M. Kulie, and C. Wilson 10:00 AM 6.7 Evaluation of TRMM PR retrieved rain products using data from the ground-based polarimetric weather radar of Darwin   Franck Ferreira, CETP, Velizy, France; and P. Amayenc, E. Le Bouar, and J. Testud 10:15 AM Coffee Break   10:16 AM Exhibit Hours 10:30–11:30 A.M.   10:45 AM 6.8 Estimation of Spaceborne Radar Signals from Polarimetric Ground Radar Observations   Steve Bolen, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX; and V. Chandrasekar and A. Benjamin 11:00 AM 6.9 Combined Space and Ground Radar Observations: An Impact of TRMM PR MDZ   Roberto V. Calheiros, University of the State of S. Paulo, Bauru, Brazil; and M. A. Lima 11:15 AM 6.10 Comparison of Space-borne and Ground-based Radar Measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission   Paul A. Kucera, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski 11:30 AM 6.11 Comparisons of Measurements from the TRMM PR and the WSR-88D Ground-based Radar   Liang Liao, Caelum Research Corp., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini and T. Iguchi 11:45 AM 6.12 Methodologies for Evaluating the Accuracy of TRMM Ground Validation Rainfall Products   E. Amitai, NASA/GSFC and JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, M. Robinson, D. S. Silberstein, D. A. Marks, M. S. Kulie, and B. Fisher 12:00 PM 6.13 Dual wavelength rain estimates from space   Chun-Lei Liu, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. Illingworth
	12:30 PM-12:45 PM, Saturday Poster Session Overview
	12:45 PM-2:00 PM, Saturday Lunch Break
	2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Saturday Exhibit Hours
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Saturday Poster Session 8 Boundary Layer, Clear Air, Turbulence & Doppler Spectra
Organizer: Pavlos Kollias, University of Miami, Miami, FL
P8.1 Radar wind profiler and other observations at the Texas 2000 Air Quality Study   Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO   P8.2 Profiler observations of boundary layer convergence lines   Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Walters   P8.3 Radar- and Model-Derived Mass Flux Profiles of a Sea-Breeze Circulation along a Complex Coastline   Neil F. Laird, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich, R. M. Rauber, and H. T. Ochs   P8.4 Clear-air boundary layer observations from radar and water vapor dial   Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Flamant and V. Wulfmeyer   P8.5 Doppler and polarization measurements of clear air echoes at Chilbolton   Charles A. D. Kilburn, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; and W. Tian and D. J. Parker   P8.6 How to relay on Turbulence Measurements in Clouds   Peter F. Meischner, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and R. Baumann   P8.7 Turbulence and microphysical retrievals using mm-wavelength Doppler spectra   Pavlos Kollias, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht and B. J. Dow   P8.8 Spectrum width patterns in precipitation   Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak   P8.9 Relating WSR-88D spectrum width data to various weather conditions   Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak   P8.10 Improvements to spectrum width measurements   Richard J. Doviak, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. M. Melnikov
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Saturday Poster Session 9 Extra-Tropical Cyclones
Organizer: Willi Schmid, ETH, Zurich Switzerland
P9.1 Airborne Doppler Radar Observations of a Shallow Cold Front   Huaqing Cai, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. M. Wakimoto   P9.2 Airborne Radar Observations of a Warm Front   Brian L. Bosart, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and R. M. Wakimoto   P9.3 The winter storm Lothar: an integrated view on Doppler radars, ground winds, and forest damage in northern Switzerland   Willi Schmid, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and M. Wüest, M. Dobbertin, and J. P. Schütz P9.4 Analysis of heavy snowband dynamics using ELDORA and WSR-88D measurements   Robert M. Rauber, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. K. Ramamurthy and B. F. Jewett
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Saturday Poster Session 10 Tropical Precipitation—SCSMEX, JAMSTEC, TRMM & Others
Organizer: Paul A. Kucera, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
P10.1 Structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems Observed with polarimetric radar and UHF Wind Profiler During the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment(SCSMEX)   Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and T. C. C. Wang, T. H. Liu, and H. H. Lin   P10.2 The Development And Structure of an Oceanic Squall Line Systems During the South China Sea Summer Monsoon Experiment   Jian-Jian Wang, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD   P10.3 ITCZ precipitating systems observed by shipborne Doppler radar   Masaki Katsumata, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan; and K. Yoneyama   P10.4 Profiler and Scanning Radar Observations of a Tropical Ocean Squall   William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. B. Parsons, S. A. Cohn, M. Katsumata, and K. Yoneyama   P10.5 Case study on a tropical continental squall line observed at Darwin, Australia using by four Doppler radars   Yoshiaki Sasaki, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan; and M. Maki, K. Iwanami, R. Misumi, and T. D. Keenan   P10.6 Squall line transformation from asymmetric-type to symmetric-type   Anatoli Starostin, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; and A. M. Gomes and R. G. Gomes   P10.7 Radar reflectivities in summer mesoscale convective complexes   M. de A. Antonio, Meteorological Research Institute - IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and J. C. Figueiredo, R. V. Calheiros, and R. S. Paz   P10.8 Wind Profiler/RASS observations of deep convection   P. T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and C. Lucas and I. M. Reid   P10.9 Airborne Radar and Passive Microwave-based Classification and Characterization of Tropical Precipitation Profiles   Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY   P10.10 S-POL measurements and DSD estimates of reflectivity during the WET AMC and TRMM-LBA field experiment in Rondônia, Brazil   Augusto J. Pereira, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and R. I. Albrecht and A. Tokay   P10.11 Comparison of an easterly and westerly MCS observed during TRMM-LBA using ground-based and airborne data   Andrea G. Williams, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge   P10.12 Radar vertical profiles and melting layer studies from an S-band Doppler polarisation-diversity radar campaign in Singapore   C. L. Wilson, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; and J. Tan, J. W. F. Goddard, and J. T. Ong P10.13 Bright Band Characteristics Derived from Airborne Radar Measurements   Lin Tian, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Heymsfield and L. Belcher
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Saturday Poster Session 11 Algorithms—Microphysical Retrieval & Particle Typing II
Organizer: Michele D'Amico, Politecnico di Milano, Milano Italy
P11.1 Hydrometeor classification from polarimetric radar measurements during STEPS   Sanghun Lim, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, V. N. Bringi, W. Li, and A. Al-Zaben   P11.2 95 GHz polarimetric radar observations of ice crystal aggregates   K. Aydin, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and N. Somaya   P11.3 Dual-polarization radar signatures of lump graupel at 94 GHz   K. Aydin, Penn State University, State College, PA; and S. Mazlum   P11.4 Hail characterization via the joint utilization of reflectivity, differential reflectivity, and linear depolarization ratio data   Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi, D. A. Brunkow, S. A. Rutledge, and N. J. Doesken   P11.5 Polarimetric modelling of flare echoes, and comparisons with observations at C Band   Michele D'Amico, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; and A. Fulgoni, P. P. Alberoni, and M. Chandra
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Saturday Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Saturday Session 7A Quantitative Rainfall—Microphysics I (Parallel with Session 7B)
Organizers: Kenneth V. Beard, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Spain
4:00 PM 7A.1 Some Effects of the Stochastic Structure of Rain on Remote Sensing Observations. Part 1: Drop Size Distribution as a Probability Density and the Natural Variability of Rain   A. B. Kostinski, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI; and A. R. Jameson 4:15 PM 7A.2 Some Effects of the Stochastic Structure of Rain on Remote Sensing Observations Part 2: Z-R Relations and Raindrop Size Distributions   A. R. Jameson, RJH Scientific, Inc., Arlington, VA; and A. B. Kostinski 4:30 PM 7A.3 Analytical solutions to sampling fluctuations in raindrop size distribution measurements   Remko Uijlenhoet, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and D. Sempere Torres and J. D. Creutin 4:45 PM 7A.4 Statistical Interpretation of a general framework for the analysis of raindrop size distributions and their properties   Remko Uijlenhoet, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and D. Sempere-Torres and J. D. Creutin 5:00 PM 7A.5 The Normalized Intercept Parameter N0* to describe the variability of the particle size distribution of hydrometeors, and to parameterize the rain and cloud relations   Jacques Testud, CETP, Vélizy, France; and E. Le Bouar and C. Tinel 5:15 PM 7A.6 Seasonal variation of raindrop size distribution in south India obtained from disdrometer measurements supported by wind-profiler observations   Toshiaki Kozu, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan; and K. K. Reddy, A. R. Jain, T. Shimomai, and K. Ichikawa 5:30 PM 7A.7 Radar Properties of Tropical Rain found from distrometer data at Costa Rica   Edwin F. Campos, Instituto Meteorologico Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica; and W. Fernandez, P. Gole, M. Petitdidier, and C. W. Ulbrich 5:45 PM 7A.8 ZR Relationships derived from Drop Size Distributions for the Canadian Radar Network   Paul I. Joe, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and B. Sheppard and N. Donaldson
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Saturday Session 7B Algorithms—Wind Retrieval & Feature Identification (Parallel with Session 7A)
Organizers: Richard J. Doviak, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 7B.1 A 3-D variational method for single-Doppler velocity retrieval Applied to a Supercell Storm Case   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, K. K. Droegemeier, and A. Shapiro 4:15 PM 7B.2 Improvement of VVP method retrieval 3D wind field   Ming Wei, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China; and W. Ge 4:30 PM 7B.3 The Sensitivity of the Moving Frame Single-Doppler Wind Retrieval Technique With Respect to Radar Viewing Angle   Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and I. S. Luo 4:45 PM 7B.4 Extracting Doppler Radar Wind Information in Weather Prediction   Stephan Siemen, Univ. of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom; and A. R. Holt and P. J. Hardaker 5:00 PM 7B.5 The Hurricane-customized Extension of the VAD (HEVAD) method: Hurricane wind estimation in the Lower Troposphere   Paul R. Harasti, NOAA/TPC, UCAR Visiting Scientist and NCAR, Miami, FL; and R. List 5:15 PM 7B.6 Real-time implementation of tropical cyclone-specific radar data processing algorithms   Colin J. McAdie, NOAA/NWS/TPC, Miami, FL; and P. R. Harasti, P. Dodge, W. C. Lee, S. Murillo, and F. Marks 5:30 PM 7B.7 A New Algorithm for Automated Mesocyclone Detection by Using Wavelet Transforms   Chien-fon Liu, National Central Univ., Chung-li, Taiwan; and M. Yamada 5:45 PM 7B.8 Innovative Cross-Correlation Method for Determing Three-Dimensional Wind   Guifu Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan and R. J. Doviak
	6:00 PM, Saturday Sessions end for the day
	6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Saturday Reception with Exhibits (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM-10:30 PM, Saturday Conference Banquet
Sunday, 22 July 2001
	7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Sunday Exhibit Hours
	8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Sunday Session 8 Forecast Demonstration Project—Sydney 2000
Organizers: Tom Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic. Australia; Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 8.1 The World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project: Overview   T. Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and J. Wilson, P. I. Joe, C. Collier, B. Golding, D. Burgess, R. Carbone, A. Seed, P. T. May, L. Berry, J. Bally, and C. Pierce 9:00 AM 8.2 Overview of Sydney weather during the Forecast Demonstration Project   Robert M. Webb, BMRC, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia; and A. B. A. Treloar, J. R. Colquhoun, R. J. Potts, J. Bally, T. D. Keenan, and P. T. May 9:15 AM 8.3 Assimilating radar, surface, and profiler data for the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project   N. Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun 9:30 AM 8.4 Severe Storm Detection Algorithms for the S2000 Project   Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. I. Joe, R. Potts, T. D. Keenan, P. T. May, D. Mitchell, B. Conway, A. Treloar, D. Sills, and D. Hudak 9:45 AM 8.5 Sydney 2000 Field Demonstration Project—Convective Storm Nowcasting   James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Pierce, A. Seed, M. Sleigh, R. Roberts, and C. Mueller 10:00 AM 8.6 Generating Severe Weather Warnings from TITAN and SCIT Thunderstorm Tracks.   John Bally, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 10:15 AM 8.7 A dynamic and spatial scaling approach to advection forecasting   A. W. Seed, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and T. D. Keenan 10:30 AM Coffee Break   10:31 AM Exhibit Hours 10:30–11:30 A.M.   11:00 AM 8.8 Meteorological aspects of the 3 November 2000 severe storms in Sydney, Australia   David M. L. Sills, MSC, King City, ON, Canada; and J. Wilson, C. Mueller, N. Fox, D. Burgess, P. I. Joe, P. Dunda, and R. Webb 11:15 AM 8.9 Assessing the impact of advanced nowcasting systems on severe weather warning dissemination   Neil I. Fox, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and E. Mitchell, P. Dunda, J. Bally, G. Freeman, C. Pierce, M. Sleigh, D. Sills, and T. D. Keenan 11:30 AM 8.10 Forecast verification activities for the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project   Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Bally, H. E. Brooks, B. Casati, E. Ebert, M. Jaeneke, P. Nurmi, D. Stephenson, and L. Wilson 11:45 AM 8.11 Comparison of forecasts of widespread precipitation during the Sydney 2000 forecast project   Norman Donaldson, MSC, King City, ON, Canada; and M. W. Sleigh, C. Pierce, A. Seed, and T. Saxon 8.12 World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) Forecast Demonstration Project (FDP) Sydney 2000: review of the performance of the Met Office's Nimrod system, UK   Clive E. Pierce, Joint Centre for Hydrometeorological Research, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford, United Kingdom 12:00 PM 8.13 The performance of the GANDOLF nowcasting system during the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project   Michael W. Sleigh, Univeristy of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and N. I. Fox, C. G. Collier, and C. E. Pierce
	12:30 PM, Sunday Sessions end for the day
	2:00 PM, Sunday Session Social Excursions & Tours
Monday, 23 July 2001
	7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Monday Exhibit Hours
	8:30 AM-9:00 AM, Monday Session 9 Invited Presentation II
Organizer: Matthias Steiner, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
8:30 AM 9.1 Radar in Precipitation Measurements: Where do we Stand   Isztar Zawadzki, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada
	9:00 AM-12:30 PM, Monday Session 10 Orographic Precipitation -- CALJET & MAP
Organizers: Frank Roux, Laboratoire d'Aérologie Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse France; Urs Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti Switzerland
9:00 AM 10.1 Using radar wind profilers to document orographic precipitation enhancement during the CALJET field experiment   Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, D. E. Kingsmill, and P. O. G. Persson 9:15 AM 10.2 S-band radar observations of coastal orographic rain   Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Jordan, F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, D. J. Gottas, D. E. Kingsmill, and P. O. G. Persson 9:30 AM 10.3 Synergistic use of polarimetric radar measurements and simulated cloud microphysical profiles for rainfall estimation in mountainous regions   Stefano Dietrich, IFA/CNR, Roma, Italy; and R. Bechini, A. Mugnai, S. Pinori, M. Bertato, and G. J. Tripoli 9:45 AM 10.4 On the Use of Meso-beta Profiles and Reflectivity Variograms to better Describe Precipitation in Complex Orography   Urs Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and J. Joss 10:00 AM 10.5 Microphysical description of a mid-latitude squall line deduced from polarimetric measurements   Pierre Tabary, CETP, Vélizy, France; and G. Scialom and E. Le Bouar 10:15 AM 10.6 Terminal fall velocity from a Doppler radar performing RHI scannings   Georges Scialom, CETP, VELIZY, France; and P. Tabary 10:30 AM Coffee Break   10:31 AM Exhibit Hours 10:30–11:30 A.M.   11:00 AM 10.7 Numerical simulations of a squall line observed during MAP IOP 2A   Evelyne Richard, CNRS/UPS, Toulouse, France; and S. Cosma, P. Tabary, and M. Hagen 11:15 AM 10.8 Precipitation, kinematic and thermodynamic structure of a flash-flood producing system over Lago Maggiore region on 19–20 September 1999 during MAP   Jean-Francois Georgis, Laboratoire d'Aerologie, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France; and F. Roux and M. Chong 11:30 AM 10.9 Space-time variability of heavy orographic rainfall   Matthias Steiner, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, Y. Zhang, and R. A. Houze 11:45 AM 10.10 Momentum, moisture and heat budgets of a convective system over the Julian Alps on 4 october 1999 during MAP IOP05   Stephanie Pradier, Laboratoire d'Aerologie, CNRS, Toulouse, France; and M. Chong and F. Roux 12:00 PM 10.11 Airborne Doppler Observations of a Convective System over the Eastern Alps during MAP IOP5   Cheng-Ku Yu, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and F. Roux and D. P. Jorgensen 12:15 PM 10.12 Airborne Doppler radar observations of the MAP SOP IOP14 (3 November 1999) convective storms over the Apennine mountains   David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Matejka
	12:30 PM-12:45 PM, Monday Poster Session Overview
	12:45 PM-2:00 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 12 Lightning
Organizer: Paul R. Krehbiel, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
P12.1 Early Results from Observations with Radar, a Lightning Mapping Array, and Balloon Soundings of Severe Thunderstorms during STEPS 2000   W. David Rust, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. R. MacGorman, P. R. Krehbiel, A. R. Bansemer, and S. A. Rutledge   P12.2 Three-dimensional lightning mapping observations in storms   P. Krehbiel, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, J. Harlin, and Y. Zhang   P12.3 Radar-derived microphysics related to 3D VHF lightning mapper data during EULINOX   Nikolai Dotzek, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and H. Höller, T. Fehr, and C. Thery   P12.4 On the Parameterization of Lightning based on Radar Observations of Thunderstorms   Hartmut Höller, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and N. Dotzek, C. Thery, T. Fehr, and M. Hagen
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 13 Quantitative Rainfall—Microphysics II
Organizer: Eszter J. Barthazy, ETH, Zuerich Switzerland
P13.1 A new ground-based optical instrument to measure snowflakes   Eszter Barthazy, ETH, Zuerich, Switzerland; and R. Schefold   P13.2 MAPR Measurements of Snowfall During ISPA-2001   Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, R. D. Borys, and D. H. Lowenthal   P13.3 Ambient Air Motion and Raindrop Size Distributions Retrieved from UHF Vertical Incident Profiler Observations   Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. S. Gage   P13.4 How stratiform-like is stratiform rain observed with a 94 GHz Doppler radar?   Pavlos Kollias, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht   P13.5 On Impact of Drop Size Distribution Models on Radar Measurement   Ondrej Fiser, Institute of Atmospheric Physics ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic   P13.6 Comparison of analytical approximations of the shapes of the cloud dropsize distributions, utilized for the interpretation of remote sensing data   Oleg A. Krasnov, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 14 Quantitative Rainfall—Single-Parameter Approaches
Organizer: Rafael Sánchez-Diezma, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Spain
P14.1 Rainfall variability and its effect on rainfall measurements   Matthias Steiner, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. A. Smith, R. Uijlenhoet, and Z. Hou   P14.2 Analysis of conditional bias in radar rainfall products   Grzegorz J. Ciach, Oklahoma University, Norman, OK   P14.3 Intercomparison of NEXRAD rainfall estimates and raingauge measurements for GCIP   Remko Uijlenhoet, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. A. Smith, M. Steiner, M. L. Baeck, and W. F. Krajewski   P14.4 Real-Time Adjustment Scheme of Radar Precipitation Data at DWD   Elmar Weigl, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany   P14.5 Statistical adjustment of radar-based daily precipitation to ground data from the Czech territory   Daniela Rezacova, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague, Czech Republic; and Z. Sokol, J. Kracmar, and P. Novak   P14.6 Factors Affecting the Precision of Radar Measurement of Rain. An Assessment From an Hydrological Perspective   Rafael Sánchez-Diezma, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, J. D. Creutin, I. Zawadzki, and G. Delrieu
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 15 Quantitative Rainfall—Vertical Profile Correction
Organizer: Michael Heen, SMHI, Stockholm Sweden
P15.1 Estimation of Representative Vertical Profiles of Reflectivity in the Regions Between Radar Sites   Jarmo Koistinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Pohjola   P15.2 Integration of Radar with Analysis Fields   Michael Heen, SMHI/Swedish Air Force, Stockholm, Sweden; and D. Michelson   P15.3 Vertical Reflectivity Profiles in the Czech Weather Radar Network   Petr Novak, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Praha, Czech Republic; and J. Kracmar   P15.4 Relation of rain rates at the ground and aloft—a model study   Nikolai Dotzek, DLR-Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Wessling, Germany; and T. Fehr   P15.5 Use of mesoscale models in bright band correction algorithms   Marion P. Mittermaier, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. Illingworth   P15.6 A Template-based Pattern-recognition Algorithm for the Removal of Bright Band from Cartesian Radar Data   Jaimi Yee, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon   P15.7 An Operational Algorithm for the Identification and Location of a Bright Band from Radar Volume Data   Donald Burrows, Enterprise Electronics Corp., Enterprise, AL
	2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 16 Quantitative Rainfall—Multi-Parameter Approaches I
Organizer: Eugenio Gorgucci, CNR, Rome Italy
P16.1 Instantaneous frequency scaling of microwave attenuation through radar measurements   Carlo Capsoni, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; and V. Caboni, M. D'Amico, and R. Nebuloni   P16.2 Operational Adjustment of Z-R Relation Coefficients for Radar Rainfall Accuracy Improvement by Dual-Wave Attenuation Measurements   Yuri V. Melnichuk, Central Aerological Observatory, Dolgoprudny, Russia; and Y. B. Pavlyukov   P16.3 Physically-based multiparameter radar simulation, and comparison with radar measurements   Valentino Caboni, Politecnico di Milano; and C. Capsoni, M. D'Amico, and R. Nebuloni   P16.4 Raindrop size distribution obtained from polarimetric radar measurements   Eugenio Gorgucci, Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera, CNR, Rome, Italy; and V. Chandrasekar, V. N. Bringi, and G. Scarchilli   P16.5 Retrieval of raindrop size distribution using C-band polarimetric radar measurements   S.-G. Park, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Iwanami, M. Maki, R. Misumi, Y. Sasaki, T. Keenan, and V. N. Bringi   P16.6 A Comparison of Radar Rainfall Estimators During The South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX)   T. D. Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and Z. Nan, F. Lei, V. Bringi, J. Nystuen, and M. Whimpey   P16.7 Neural Networks Applications to the Rainfall Rate Extraction in Polarimetric Weather Radar   Gaspare Galati, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy; and C. Baldi and G. Pavan   P16.8 Multi-parameter polarimetric estimators of rainfall rate at X-band   Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Kropfli, K. A. Clark, and W. C. Campbell   P16.9 Spatial variability of stratiform precipitation estimated from the X-band radar measurements   Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and I. V. Djalalova   P16.10 Potential operational performance of rainfall algorithms using polarisation radar   Anthony J. Illingworth, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom   P16.11 A new scheme to estimate rain rate from an S-band polarimetric radar, immune with respect to DSD variability and radar calibration error   Erwan Le Bouar, CETP, Vélizy, France; and J. Testud
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-5:16 PM, Monday Session 11A Non & Weakly Precipitating Clouds (Parallel with Session 11B)
Organizers: Bruce A. Albrecht, University of Miami, Miami, FL; Christopher Williams, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 11A.1 Fog remote sensing with a Ka-band Doppler Radar   Kyosuke Hamazu, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Hashiguchi, T. Wakayama, T. Matsuda, E. Wada, A. Uematsu, and S. Fukao 4:15 PM 11A.2 Evolution of advection fog observed by Ka-band radars   Kenji Akaeda, MRI, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan; and T. Kurokawa, H. Hashiguchi, and H. Tanaka 11A.3 Towards an improved estimation of cloud boundaries from combined 95 GHz radar, ceilometer, and microwave radiometer measurements   Henriette M. Lemke, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and M. Quante and S. Crewell 11A.4 Broken-cloud reconstructions using cloud radar data and Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) data   Paquita Zuidema, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. Davies 4:30 PM 11A.5 An airborne radar and lidar combination to document microphysical and radiative parameters of clouds   Claire Tinel, CETP, Velizy, France; and J. Testud and J. Pelon 4:43 PM 11A.6 Millimeter-Wavelength Radar Observations of Updrafts, Downdrafts and Turbulence in Fair Weather Cumuli   Bruce A. Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Kollias and B. Dow 4:58 PM 11A.7 Drizzle Characteristics from a Surface-Based 94 GHz Radar   Silke Fritz, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Kollias and B. A. Albrecht 11A.8 How do ice crystal habits and size distribution characteristics affect 95 GHz radar signals?   Henriette M. Lemke, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and M. Quante
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Monday Session 11B Quantitative Rainfall—Multi-Parameter Approaches II (Parallel with Session 11A)
Organizers: Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Martin Hagen, DLR, Wessling Germany
4:00 PM 11B.1 Experiments in Rainfall Estimation with a Polarimetric Radar   Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang and J. Vivekanandan 4:15 PM 11B.2 Radar Rainfall estimation using different Polarmetric Algorithms   Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. J. Schuur and D. S. Zrnic 4:30 PM 11B.3 On the Variation of the Parametrization of Rainfall Rate Estimation by dual polarization Techniques   Martin Hagen, DLR, Wessling, Germany 4:45 PM 11B.4 A statistical analysis of 2D-video-disdrometer data: impact on polarimetric rainfall estimation   Terry J. Schuur, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. S. Zrnic 5:00 PM 11B.5 The Variety of Raindrop Shapes and Their Implications for Radar Estimates of Rain   Kenneth V. Beard, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. S. Naul and H. T. Ochs 5:15 PM 11B.6 Precipitation Canting Angle Distribution Estimation from Covariance Matrix Analysis of CSU-CHILL Radar Data   Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. C. Hubbert and V. N. Bringi 5:30 PM 11B.7 The Effects of Orientation of Hydrometeors on the Estimation of Differential Propagation Phase   Enrico Torlaschi, Univ. of Quebec, Montreal, PQ, Canada; and G. Durand 5:45 PM 11B.8 Assessment of DDA Algorithm for Computing the Backscattering from Oblate with Experimental Observations   Zhenhui Wang, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China; and X. Xiaoyong and Q. A. Wang
	6:00 PM, Monday Sessions end for the day
Tuesday, 24 July 2001
	8:30 AM-9:00 AM, Tuesday Session Geotis Award & Outlook
Organizer: Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
8:30 AM Geotis Award for Best Student Paper   8:45 AM Outlook
	9:00 AM-12:45 PM, Tuesday Session 12A Climatological Analyses (Parallel with Session 12B)
Organizers: Edward J. Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Remko Uijlenhoet, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
9:00 AM 12A.1 Radar Observations of Mesoconvective Vortices over the Central United States   Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis, J. D. Tuttle, D. A. Ahijevych, and R. E. Carbone 9:15 AM 12A.2 Inferences of predictability associated with warm season precipitation episodes   R. E. Carbone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Tuttle, D. A. Ahijevych, and S. B. Trier 9:30 AM 12A.3 Warm season rainfall as a function of longitude and time of day over the U.S   D. A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and J. D. Tuttle 9:45 AM 12A.4 Radar Climatology for the Camaguey’s region. A comparison between manually digitized and digitally recorded data   Orlando L. Rodríguez, Meteorological Center of Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba; and M. A. Perez, R. Valdés, and A. A. González 10:00 AM 12A.5 Radar Based climatological studies of the influence of orography on thunderstorm activity in Central Europe   Matthias Jaeneke, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Langen, Germany 10:15 AM 12A.6 Studying the Live Cycles of Convective Cells in the Upper Rhine Valley   Jan Handwerker, Univ. Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 10:30 AM Coffee Break   11:00 AM 12A.7 Initiation and Evolution of Summertime Storms in Central Arizona   Pamela L. MacKeen, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. W. Howard and D. M. Schultz 11:15 AM 12A.8 Organization of oceanic convection during the onset of the 1998 East Asian summer monsoon   Richard H. Johnson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. D. Keenan 11:30 AM 12A.9 Characteristics of Amazonian rain measured during TRMM-LBA   Lawrence D. Carey, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, W. A. Petersen, S. A. Rutledge, and M. A. F. Silva Dias 11:45 AM 12A.10 Hadley Circulation over the Central Equatorial Pacific observed by the Trans-Pacific Profiler Network   Kenneth S. Gage, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and G. N. Kiladis, L. M. Hartten, and C. R. Williams 12:00 PM 12A.11 Climatological studies with Doppler Radar   Brian E. Mapes, NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO 12A.12 Severe storm climatologies using Doppler radar algorithms   Kimberly L. Elmore, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf and E. D. Mitchell 12A.13 Synthetic tornado climatologies based on Doppler radar vortex detection algorithms: An update   Gregory J. Stumpf, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore and C. Marzban
	9:00 AM-1:00 PM, Tuesday Session 12B NEXRAD—Scientific & Technical Evolution (Parallel with Session 12A)
Organizers: Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO
9:00 AM 12B.1 NEXRAD Open Systems—Progress and Plans   Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. J. Istok and L. D. Johnson 9:15 AM 12B.2 Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Enhancements   Robert C. Elvander, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. M. Holt, B. Bumgarner, and R. Ice 9:30 AM 12B.3 Characteristics and Potential Benefits of an Open-system Implementation of the Radar Data Acquisition Component of the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) Radar   Allen Zahrai, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. Torres, V. Melnikov, I. Ivic, and C. Curtis 12B.4 Why Did You Do It That Way: WSR-88D Design Choices   Leslie R. Lemon, Basic Commerce and Industries, Inc., Moorestown, NJ 9:45 AM 12B.5 Range ambiguity mitigation for NEXRAD using SZ phase coding   Charles L. Frush, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Doviak 10:00 AM 12B.6 Environmental and signal processing conditions that negatively impact the performance of the WSR-88D Tornado Detection Algorithm   W. David Zittel, NOAA/NWS/OSF, Norman, OK; and R. R. Lee, E. D. Mitchell, and D. Sirmans 10:15 AM Coffee Break   10:45 AM 12B.7 Radar echo classifier algorithm development using Python   Joseph VanAndel, NCAR, Boulder, CO 11:00 AM 12B.8 NEXRAD Data Quality: The AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis and J. VanAndel 11:15 AM 12B.9 Enhanced Detection of Low-Altitude Features Using Negative Elevation Angles From Prototype Mountaintop WSR-88Ds   Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown 11:30 AM 12B.10 Improved Detection Using Negative Elevation Angles for Mountaintop Radar KMSX Near Missoula, Montana   Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. T. Wood and T. W. Barker 11:45 AM 12B.11 Improvements to the WSR-88D Snow Accumulation Algorithm   Steven M. Hunter, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and E. W. Holroyd and C. L. Hartzell 12:00 PM 12B.12 Three-dimensional Gridding and Mosaic of Reflectivities from Multiple WSR-88D Radars   Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, K. Howard, and B. Maddox 12:15 PM 12B.13 The Joint Polarization Experiment—An Operational Test of Weather Radar Polarimetry   Terry J. Schuur, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and R. E. Saffle 12:30 PM 12B.14 The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)   Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, S. Sandgathe, F. Pfeil, J. F. Heimmer, T. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, J. D. Belville, and W. Benner
	1:00 PM, Tuesday Conference Ends

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